.Getty ImagesDonald Trump as well as Kamala Harris went head to move in their 1st televised controversy in the US election campaign.In 90 moments of usually intense exchanges, the Republican and also Democratic presidential candidates traded cases over essential political election problems consisting of the economic climate, immigration as well as abortion.BBC Verify has been checking out them.Are evacuees in Ohio consuming pets?CLAIM: Trump: "In Springfield, they are actually [migrants] eating the pets, people that can be found in, they are actually eating the kitties, they're consuming the animals of individuals that live there". VERDICT: There is actually no evidence that this is actually happening. Trump's remark complied with an unjustifiable claim - which was actually shared by his vice-presidential candidate JD Vance - that migrants coming from Haiti who have recently settled in Springfield, Ohio, have actually been actually consuming pets.Springfield area authorities said to BBC Verify: "There have been no legitimate documents or particular cases of dogs being actually harmed, harmed or even abused by individuals within the immigrant area." You can learn more here.Was Trump-era unemployed awful considering that 1930s? CLAIM: Harris: "Donald Trump left our team awful lack of employment because the Great Hard times". VERDICT: This is actually false. At the end of Trump's condition of workplace in January 2021, the joblessness cost was actually 6.4%. Yet it has actually been actually much higher because the Great Depression.In Oct 2009, unemployment peaked at 10% within of deep economic recession. It has actually fallen gradually because, apart from a stinging height throughout the Covid pandemic, as well as in the best current information for August 2024, joblessness stood up at 4.2%. Are actually millions of individuals entering into the US from penitentiaries and also asylums?CLAIM: Trump: "We have countless people pouring right into our nation from penitentiaries as well as prisons, from psychological organizations and outrageous asylums". DECISION: There is no documentation for these type of numbers.There have concerned 10 thousand encounters with migrants transition the United States boundary considering that January 2021. There are no openly on call plan the amount of of them have actually offered attend penitentiary or come from psychological companies but there is some records on how many possess previous unlawful convictions.Of the 1.4 million awareness of people crossing the boundary illegally so far this fiscal year (to September 2024) - and also where the Perimeter Patrol managed to inspect against police databases - concerning 14,700 folks had previous illegal convictions.That's comparable to about 1% of all perimeter ideas in this particular time period and also does not total up to the "thousands" Trump is claiming.Will Trump sign a nationwide abortion ban?CLAIM: Harris: "If Donald Trump were to be re-elected, he is going to sign a national abortion restriction". DECISION: This is actually deceptive. Trump has actually refused that he would sign a national ban if selected head of state. He possesses claimed that he would certainly leave behind restrictions on abortion access up to private states to decide.Here, Harris likewise talked about "his Job 2025" - a reference to a record released due to the conservative Culture Groundwork detailing a listing of policy propositions that they strongly believe a Trump presidency need to implement.It does not recommend a nationwide ban either, but it does suggest restricting abortion access.Trump has outdoed himself from the record, claiming: "I recognize absolutely nothing regarding Venture 2025. I have no tip who is behind it." Several former Trump administration officials are linked with Venture 2025. Was inflation under Biden worst in United States history?CLAIM: Trump: "Awful rising cost of living our experts've ever before possessed" [was actually under Biden] VERDICT: This is actually incorrect. Under President Biden, rising cost of living topped at 9.1% in June 2022, at once when rates were actually climbing greatly in several countries. Inflation was last above 9% in 1981, yet it has been actually substantially more than that at several other points in United States history.Since its own top in mid-2022, rising cost of living has actually gone down to 3.3%, for the year to May 2024. However costs are actually still climbing and it is actually a crucial problem for many voters.Would Trump tolls cost families $4,000? CASE: Harris: "Business analysts have stated that that Trump sales tax will in fact lead for middle lesson loved ones in about $4,000 more a year". DECISION: Harris names Trump's recommended income tax on imports a purchases tax. Some economists have predicted that these tolls could possibly set you back family members this a lot. Others have lower price quotes. Trump insists the cost would be believed by overseas nations yet economic experts think there will be actually a financial expense for United States foreign buyers as well as buyers. The $4,000 body comes from analysis - due to the left-of-centre think tank the Center for American Improvement - of Trump's vow to increase tariffs on all imported items to 10-20% plus all products imported coming from China to 60%. They took the volume the US acquires in items from abroad every year, figured out just how much the new tax obligations on these products would certainly be actually and divided this by the number of families in the US.It exercises at $4,600 per house, but when you consider "middle revenue" households you receive a figure of $3,900 a year.Other price quotes are reduced. The Peterson Institute assumes the effect would certainly be actually closer to $1,700 a year (for tariffs at 10%) or even $2,500 (at 20%). Is crime down in Venezuela given that it is actually sending out thugs to the US?CLAIM: Trump: "Criminal Offense in Venezuela ... is way down due to the fact that they have actually taken their lawbreakers off the roads and provided to her [Harris] to embed our nation". DECISION: There is no evidence that Venezuela is actually performing this. Criminal activity amounts are actually down however specialists mention this is actually because of the state of the economic condition. The Venezuelan federal government does not release trustworthy criminal activity figures, but the individual Venezuelan Observatory of Brutality does.The Observatory's 2023 yearly report stated that intense deaths that year - such as homicides - were down through an one-fourth compared to 2022. The Observatory said to BBC Verify: "Criminal activity is minimized in Venezuela by a decline in unlawful act chances: banking company robberies disappear considering that there is no funds to take kidnappings are actually reduced given that there is actually no cash money to pay ransom money." It claimed it had actually viewed no evidence that the Venezuelan federal government was actually sending crooks to the US.Reporting by Lucy Gilder, Merlyn Thomas, Daniele Palumbo, Gerry Georgieva & Kayleen Devlin.